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Mac Bluetooth stopped working? Four ways to fix it

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:03:06 +0000

So you get to your virtual meeting on time, but nobody can hear you. Or you get connected and your Mac insists on using its built-in speakers and microphone, and not your headset. I’ve been there. Here’s what I do

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Mac doesn’t work with external monitors with the lid closed

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:00:01 +0000

If your Mac doesn’t work with external monitors with the lid closed, the fix is deceptively simple, even though it’s maddening. Check your power connector. A Macbook or other portable Mac won’t work in closed-display mode without AC power. Make

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Cringely takes on Ashton Kutcher’s movie about Steve Jobs

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:00:29 +0000

Mark Stephens, a.k.a. Robert X. Cringely, wrote last week about his disappointment in Ashton Kutcher’s movie Jobs, about the late Apple co-founder and CEO. Here’s the most important part of his quasi-review: [S]omething happened during Steve’s NeXT years (which occupy

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Things I wish everyone knew about home Mac security

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:46:20 +0000

On Wednesday evening, I wrote about basic computer security from a Windows-centric perspective. I knew some people who needed help in a hurry, and given there was a 90% or so chance they were running Windows, I took that route.

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One in five Macs has malware–but read the fine print

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:04:47 +0000

Sophos claimed today that 20% of the people who’ve installed their free Mac antivirus has malware. That’s not altogether surprising, but it’s also not nearly as big of a problem as it sounds. One in 36 systems has Mac malware,

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What’s going on with Macintosh security?

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:34:34 +0000

The latest figures I’ve read say there are perhaps a half-million infected Macintoshes still floating around out there, an improvement from the high of 600,000 that I was seeing a few weeks ago, but probably not what Apple had hoped

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Macintosh malware continues to evolve

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:19:48 +0000

Security experts have long warned that [Apple’s] delay in delivering Java patches on Mac OS could be used by malware writers to their advantage, and the new Flashback.K malware confirms that they were right. — PC World magazine Last week

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End of the innocence for Mac security

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:14:08 +0000

Antivirus vendor Kapersky has identified a new trojan horse targetting Macintoshes. It spreads a botnet based somewhere in China via an infected Microsoft Word document, typically sent as an e-mail attachment. The spin is that if you don’t use Word

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RIP, Steve Jobs

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:52:02 +0000

Though I’m sure you’ve seen it hundreds of other places, the tech industry lost its most memorable pioneer and greatest marketer today. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died, aged 56, after years of declining health.Mr. Jobs, of course, introduced the first

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Maybe this is how Apple does it

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:03:45 +0000

Sitting in the stands at a baseball game the day after Steve Jobs’ surprise resignation from Apple, of course the subject came up. “I wish I knew how Apple does it,” I said. “I have an idea,” my friend Tom

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